Legal Opinion
Hooper v. Goldstein
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided May 8, 1968No. 184-M. PPublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJoslin, J.
By a writ of certiorari the petitioner seeks to quash a decision of the respondent hearing board dismissing him or approving his dismissal from the police department of the city of Providence.
The case arises out of a series of events which took place on the morning of April 25, 1967. The petitioner, then a member of the city’s permanent police department for about 11 years, had been detailed to prevent automobile traffic from proceeding along a portion of a public highway which was being resurfaced. He reported to his duty station at seven in the morning and all went well until about 9:15…
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